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Curriculum Intent Statement 

Curriculum Intent

At Conway, we provide an ambitious, broad and balanced curriculum which enables every child to achieve academically and develop personally.

Our curriculum meets the requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage and National Curriculum and is designed to develop secure knowledge and skills over time. We place particular emphasis on communication, reading, emotional intelligence, creativity and the arts.

Through our curriculum, we want pupils to:

• achieve well across the curriculum
• become confident, independent and resilient learners
• develop emotional intelligence and self-awareness
• show kindness, empathy and respect for others
• understand and value diversity
• develop knowledge of their community, country and the wider world
• have high aspirations and understand the importance of effort and determination
• be well prepared for secondary school and later life.

Our aim is for every child to leave Conway confident, knowledgeable and ready for the next stage of their education.

Curriculum Implementation

We have high expectations of learning, behaviour and attendance. Pupils are expected to work hard, participate fully and develop positive learning habits.

Strong relationships and emotional intelligence underpin our approach. Through PSHE and the wider curriculum, pupils develop self-awareness, resilience, positive relationships and an understanding of how to keep themselves physically and emotionally healthy.

Reading, writing, speaking and listening are fundamental to our curriculum. We prioritise vocabulary development and reading across subjects and expose pupils to a wide range of high-quality texts.

Learning is enriched through practical experiences, educational visits, performances, themed days and opportunities to take responsibility within school. These experiences deepen pupils’ knowledge and help them make meaningful connections between their learning and the wider world.

We work closely with parents and families to support pupils' learning and development.

Our Learning

We believe children learn best through clear teaching combined with opportunities to explore, practise, investigate and apply what they have learnt.

Our broad curriculum enables pupils to develop their strengths, address areas of difficulty and build knowledge and skills progressively.

Reading

We aim to develop fluent, confident readers who enjoy reading.

Classrooms have a range of fiction and non-fiction texts, supported by school and class libraries. Reading is taught explicitly and developed across the curriculum.

EYFS and KS1

Children receive daily phonics teaching through Read Write Inc. Teaching is closely matched to pupils' stages of development, with additional support provided where needed.

Children learn sounds, practise blending and read books matched to their phonics knowledge. Reading comprehension and vocabulary are developed alongside decoding.

Parents can support by:

• practising taught sounds
• listening regularly to their child read
• discussing books and characters
• explaining unfamiliar vocabulary.

KS2

In KS2, pupils continue to develop fluency while increasingly focusing on vocabulary and comprehension, including retrieval, inference, prediction and explanation.

Pupils discuss a range of high-quality texts and make links between reading and writing.

Writing

We have high expectations of pupils' spoken and written communication.

Teachers explicitly model the planning, drafting and editing process before pupils apply these skills independently.

Grammar, punctuation and spelling are taught both within writing lessons and through focused teaching. Pupils are also expected to apply their writing skills across the curriculum.

Mathematics

Our mathematics curriculum develops fluency, reasoning and problem-solving.

Pupils learn the mathematical knowledge and strategies needed to calculate accurately and apply mathematics in different contexts.

Additional practice is used to secure essential knowledge such as number facts, place value and mental calculation.

Enrichment

Educational visits, themed days and wider experiences are used where they add value to the curriculum.

These opportunities allow pupils to deepen their knowledge, apply skills in meaningful contexts and learn more about the world beyond school.

Religious Education (RE)

RE follows the Greenwich agreed syllabus.

Pupils develop knowledge of Christianity and other principal religions represented in Britain. They explore beliefs, practices and important questions about meaning, values and human experience.

Reviewed September 2026